When You Don’t Look or Feel Good: The Quiet Power of Self-Care

Some days, self-care isn’t a bubble bath or a vacation. It’s getting up when your body feels heavy, showing up when your spirit says “not today,” and pushing through when no one sees what it takes just to keep going.

Marquita in her hometown Twoegg, Florida on her family’s farm. Image: Nicole LeeAnn Williams

Marquita knows that battle well. Through Strength You Can’t See, her docuseries dedicated to exploring trauma, healing, and resilience, she’s spent months traveling and speaking with people who have faced the unthinkable; survivors, advocates, and healers who keep showing up for others even while carrying their own pain.

What most don’t realize is that behind the camera, she was fighting her own quiet storms. Old grief resurfaced. New challenges piled on. Yet she kept creating — not because it was easy, but because her purpose demanded it.

That’s the lesson Strength You Can’t See gives us: self-care isn’t just about comfort, it’s about continuity. It’s the discipline of staying present in your purpose even when motivation fades. It’s the courage to say, “I’m not okay, but I’m still becoming.”

Get up, Encourage yourself, “ Put that Shit on”, and take it one day at a time!

✨ Style Note: When You Can’t Shift Your Mood, Shift Your Mirror

Fashion and beauty are forms of self-expression and sometimes, self-preservation. Put on that favorite shirt that always makes you feel seen. Change your hairstyle, add a fresh gloss, or wear the color that brings you back to life. Even when the world feels heavy, these little rituals whisper to your spirit: you still matter.

In her eBook series, Marquita reminds readers that “healing isn’t linear, it’s a rhythm.” Some days you dance forward. Other days, you sway in place. What matters is that you keep moving.

Now, as she returns to work and continues filming, her journey stands as a living testament to that truth: caring for yourself mentally, emotionally, and yes, even stylistically is how you stay in the game long enough to change lives, including your own.

“This is what a miracle looks like; this is what it looks loke coming out of a 2 year depression” - Marquita Instagram post. Image: Nicole LeAnn Williams

You can follow Marquita’s mission through her pages @strengthyoucantsee and @sycs_tv, and watch the trailer for Strength You Can’t See to experience the movement firsthand.